Naval 95

Drawing on rare, historical photography and specially commissioned artwork, Matthew Willis explores the heroic feats of the few Royal Navy's obsolescent biplanes that stood between the state-of-the-……続きを見る

The lifeblood of the Confederacy, the blockade runners of the Civil War usually began life as regular fast steam-powered merchant ships. They were adapted for the high-speed dashes through the Union……続きを見る

A history of the enduring Essex-class ships, the US Navy's finest and most numerous fleet carrier during World War II, which were modernized repeatedly and served with distinction. The Essex class w……続きを見る

A new history of the large, fast, and long-ranged armored cruisers of the US Navy, and the roles that these warships played in the fleet as America developed into a great naval power. At the dawn of……続きを見る

In early 1940, a battle raged to control the ice-free, iron-ore port in northern Norway – with changing fortunes until the very end. This highly detailed book covers both the naval battles and the i……続きを見る

This study describes the air-sea offensive supporting the ground-force invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February and April 1945, which led to the sinking of the Yamato and the onslaught of the J……続きを見る

A detailed, illustrated exploration of the land, sea and air units that defended Malta, and the repeated Axis attempts to bring the crucial Allied island fortress to its knees. On 11 June 1940, the ……続きを見る

**A fully illustrated history of how the US Navy destroyed Truk, t****he greatest Japanese naval and air base in the Pacific,**with Operation Hailstone, and how B-29 units and the carriers of the Br……続きを見る

This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval aviation ships that the two Axis powers sent into action in their place. ……続きを見る

A gripping examination of the Battle of the Barents Sea, fought in the near darkness and icy cold of the northern winter, in which the Kriegsmarine sought to sever the crucial Allied Arctic Convoy r……続きを見る

The European World 1500–1800 provides a concise and authoritative textbook for the centuries between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. It presents early modern Europe not as a mere transiti……続きを見る

On the night of 13/14 October 1939, the German commander of U-boat U-47, Günther Prien, steered past the sunken block ships and chains which inadequately protected the British naval base at Scapa Fl……続きを見る

The British Royal Navy of the French Wars (1793–1815) is an enduring national symbol, but we often overlook the tens of thousands of foreign seamen who contributed to its operations. Foreign Jack Ta……続きを見る

抗战胜利之后，中国接收了在华的日本军舰，其后根据盟国协议，日本赔偿给中国一批舰船，这些舰船也成为国民党海军和人民海军的舰船的重要组成部分。 続きを見る

This volume sheds new light on one of the most remarkable polymaths of the English Renaissance. It offers original perspectives not only on Harriot’s personal achievements in mathematics and natural……続きを見る

Mellem d. 1. maj og 1. juni 1916 foregik et af historiens største søslag - ud for Jyllands kyst. Siden første verdenskrigs udbrud to år tidligere stod det klart, at den tyske og engelske flåde ville……続きを見る

May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin’s fateful……続きを見る

May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin’s fateful……続きを見る

James Ford Rhodes' 'History of the American Civil War' is a comprehensive and detailed account of one of the most pivotal events in US history. Rhodes employs a scholarly and narrative-driven approa……続きを見る

Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from Treasure Island to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow. Villains of all Nations unearths the thrilling historical truth behind such f……続きを見る

Das Buch 'Als U-Boots-Kommandant gegen England' von Freiherr von Georg-Günther Forstner ist ein fesselnder Bericht über die Erlebnisse und Herausforderungen eines deutschen U-Boot-Kommandanten währe……続きを見る

In 'A United States Midshipman Afloat' by Yates Stirling, readers are taken on a nautical adventure through the eyes of a young midshipman serving in the United States Navy. Written in a captivating……続きを見る

The book provides a pre-settlement historical account of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in their Indian Ocean context. The project began as a search for clues to locations of two 1……続きを見る

“For forty years Ernest King prepared himself for the supreme test. From 1901 to 1941 he moved through the grades from ensign to admiral; he saw service in battleships, destroyers, submarines, suppl……続きを見る

The oral history of Britain’s first West Indian immigrants and their descendants In 1948 the former troop ship Windrush made the 30-day journey across the Atlantic from Jamaica. The arrival of its 5……続きを見る

The Kyrenia Ship, a Greek merchantman built around 315 BC, which sank off the north coast of Cyprus, was excavated between 1968 and 1972 under the direction of Michael L. Katzev of the University of……続きを見る

Originally published as a collection in 2006, this volume discusses the development of the Atlantic slave trade in the seventeenth century, looking at issues such as how African societies reacted to……続きを見る

The Arctic convoys run to the ports of Northern Russia from 1941 to 1945 combined the man-made and maritime horrors of the Battle of the Atlantic with the unforgiving ferocity of one of the most inh……続きを見る

John Martin (1789-1869) was a London-based, Edinburgh-educated physician interested in anthropological matters. This is his only book. He was inspired to write it by a chance encounter with its subj……続きを見る

Now a major television documentary (Channel 4, 2021) The epic mission to destroy Hitler’s flagship. ‘Bismarck was now loose in the Atlantic … we had to find and sink her.’ May, 1941. The most powerf……続きを見る